Floral Prints

   Spring is already here, but Summer is on her way. Don't you feel it's time for the floral prints? Why not anticipate the warmest season by starting to wear floral printed clothing?

   I've looked up some " floral outfits" in the Couture Spring 2013 Collections and these enchanted me the most:

Armani Prive

Chanel

 

 

Christian Dior

Maison Martin Margiela

Valentino

   I found this amazing website( http://demodecouture.com/cotton/) on which I found a beautiful history of the printed fabrics. It is impressive: in India, the printed fabrics were developed in the 14th century and they were brought to Europe in the 17th century. The first prints were floral. In the Victorian Era, in England, nature( especially the plant kingdom) played a very important role in interior design and in Fashion design; because of the accelerated development of technology, people got so exhausted that they began to seek for every opportunity to relax and even to escape. William Morris's floral designs are the most famous:

   I hope you enjoyed reading and viewing these photos.
   Have a lovely evening,
   Kisses, A.

A New Pair of Shoes a Day...

   Lately, I've been having an enourmous problem(every morning!). You probably remember Carrie Bradshaw's quotation in Sex and the City " A closet full of clothes and nothing to wear." I bet this happened to you too at least once. I thought of several solutions (for example, to put some clothes in boxes and put them away so that I can rediscover their charm after some time) but I think the best solution remains the utopian one: A new pair of shoes a day, keeps being late and getting angry away! because the shoes make the difference.

   I have mentioned Carrie Bradshaw; you probably know that she is one of my favourite characters. I found a lot of similarities between her and I (" I bought Vogue instead of dinner. I just felt it fed me more" -> it happens to me too; there are low budged- days in which I choose to buy Vogue or Elle instead of meal), I admire her writing style, with her rethorical questions and her reasearches, her way of being- a real woman, with everyday problems, a non-comformist lady who enjoys herself both in the highest societies and alone, writing and smoking in her apartment and an extreme shoe lover/ addict.
  
   There are all those heroines that are Fashion collectors, but I feel that Carrie Bradshaw is the one that respects it the most, she understands its spirit and she is speaks Fashion fluently. For her the best cure for everything( heartbreak, deception, ...) is a new pair of shoes. When Manolo Blahnik stared designing shoes, he anticipated Carrie Brashaw.

“ The fact is, sometimes it’s really hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun.”- Carrie Bradshaw





   Can you imagine how life would be with a pair of shoes a day? Vogue says that " March is Sandalized!"; unfortunatelly, in my city we are still wearing boots and some of us are delicately taking their heels for a walk. I will share my favourites, but you can find the whole collection on:
 http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/march-is-sandalized-one-spring-shoe-a-day/#1

Pierre Hardy Zig Zag

 

Aquazzura Sexy Star

Christian Dior

Dolce and Gabbana

Zoraide

I hope you will enjoy reading and viewing these photos.
See you soon,
Love, A.
  

Divine, Dolce and Gabbana

   Related to the last night event, here are some photos from the latest Dolce and Gabbana Fashion show. I think that that collection is just legendary... Where did such amazing inspiration come from!? There must have been something divine over there. I consider it extremely sophisticated, meticulous and glamorous; it's all about the gorgeous shoes, the golden accessories, the rubies and that amazing red. I think it is my favourite F/W 2013 collection and the best DG so far; this is genuine art.

   Enjoy the photos,
   Love, A.